Here is what is so awesome about this MO data.
100K in Saint Louis.
75K in Kansas City later the same day.
It is a 4 hour drive between the two cities.
The small towns along the way represent the places of REAL AMERICAN HISTORY!!
If you research the battles of the Civil War, you will be amazed at the huge numbers of Americans killed by their own kin folk within a days ride of the MO/KS border.
Within this area live to this day THE MOST PATRIOTIC OF ALL AMERICANS , BAR NONE!!
Some of our deepest racism and hate remains within Kansas and Missouri. Traditions are much stronger than anywhere in the south. Our modern day civil rights battles were fought here as well, Brown vs. Board of Education.
Through it all, this area has grown and strengthened itself has become one of the best places in America to live or educate a child! These are strong people who make it in spite of automakers folding. They have never forgotten the importance of farming and manufacturing.
THIS IS THE HEART OF AMERICA!! Some call the midwest the Heartland.
I have lived all over this great country and I can truely say that there is no better pulse of America than MO. If you have never been to the Ozarks, the Harry S. Truman Library, and hundreds of other special places within MO, you have missed thee real America.
I wish our crappy news reporters had taken a little time to review to terrain of the area and it's history as this election closes. Obama winning MO is more important to America's future than FL, OH, NY, CA, TX, or any other state in the union. Not for the reasons the media will give you.